Editorial: More confusion for miners in Venezuela
The psychodrama that is Venezuela welled up again onto the world stage during the week ended June 28, the last trading week of the first half of 2008.
South America
Aura set to update Arapiraca resource
VANCOUVER–After a long delay at the lab, the final set of assay results before a resource calculation for Aura Minerals’ (ORA-T, ORAUF-O) Arapiraca project are in and look likely to bolster the size …
Potash and uranium are key themes in RBC conference
The RBC Global Mining and Materials Conference was hosted by RBC Capital Markets on June 10-11 in Toronto. The conf…
Cristal in zinc
Vancouver – Rio Cristal Zinc (RCZ-V) broke the news of 8 drill results that cut rich zinc grades at its Cristal pro…
Boardroom battle brewing at U308 Corp
Aberdeen International (AAB-T, AABVF-O) wants to replace board members of U308 Corp. (UWE-V, UTREF-O) with its own slate of directors because it is “disappointed” with the company’s management and bel…
Rusoro: Venezuela’s odd man in
VANCOUVER — Rusoro Mining (RML-V, RMLFF-O) is the exception that proves the rule: While most mineral exploration in Venezuela has ground to a halt, Rusoro just arranged a US$80-million exchangeable l…
Latin American Minerals drives into Argentina, Paraguay (June 30, 2008)
SITE VISIT VINCHINA, LA RIOJA, ARGENTINA — As our convoy speeds towards a distant mountain range, kicking up clouds of dust along the unpaved road on the way to Latin…
Vale has big money to spend
Almir Rezende has a problem that most of us would love to have: How to spend US$1 billion a month over the next five years.
Cue defines Yuty uranium resource
Cue Resources (CUE-V, CUEYF-O) has released a new resource estimate for a portion of the San Antonio uranium deposit in southeastern Paraguay, encouraging the company to continue with environmental ba…
Desert drilling returns strong iron grades for Anaconda
VANCOUVER — Promising drill results and an available drill rig prompted Anaconda Mining (ANX-T, ANXGF-O) to tack on an extra 4,200 metres to the drill program at its San Gabriel project in Chile, and…
Oil money now flowing to mining
The government of Ras Al Khaimah, a part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has set up what may become the first Mi…
Still hope for Crystallex?
Crystallex (KRY-T) shares continue to be the definition of volatility, as a flurry of trading activity sent the T…